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Showing Leadership by Not Showing Your Face : An Anonymous Leadership Effect
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| Author | Grace, Diana M. Platow, Michael J. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | We examined experimentally whether a person unknown to potential followers could be seen as showing leadership. Based on the social identity analyses of leadership, we predicted that would-be leaders pursuing group-oriented goals would be seen as showing leadership to a greater degree when they were anonymous than when they were identified. We predicted this pattern would reverse when would-be leaders pursued personal, self-oriented goals. Support for this hypothesis was found for all but the most highly identified group members. For extremely highly identified group members, a would-be leader’s pursuit of group-oriented goals was all that mattered to produce relatively high levels of leadership perceptions. For all other participants, an anonymous, in comparison with an identifiable, group-motivated target was seen as showing relatively high levels of leadership. These data provide support for the social identity analysis of leadership, and help explain otherwise counter-intuitive and naturalistic observations of followership of anonymous leaders. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2158244014567476?download=true |
| ISSN | 21582440 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Journal | SAGE Open (SGO) |
| e-ISSN | 21582440 |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244014567476 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications CA |
| Publisher Date | 2015-01-12 |
| Publisher Place | Los Angeles |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2015 |
| Subject Keyword | social sciences social psychology psychology applied psychology leadership industrial/organizational psychology experimental psychology organizational behavior management |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Arts and Humanities Social Sciences |
